August 2026 Newsletter
The Dog Days of Summer are Here
But Southern Jews keep their cool
As long as there have been Jews in the South, there have been Jews shvitzing in the South. But Jews have also been at the forefront of keeping their Southern neighbors cool and comfortable...
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🧊 August 1837: New Orleans businessman Judah Touro ensures the city in The Times-Picayune newspaper that there was enough ice to go around during the hottest month of the year. Along with properties on Canal Street, Touro owned several warehouses packed with ice shipped down from frozen lakes up north.
🧊 August 1912: B. Lowenstein & Bros., of Memphis, Tennessee, advertised electric table fans, complete with 12-inch brass blades, 8-foot lamp cord, and attachment plug, for $13.50 (a hefty price, but the going rate for a cool breeze)...
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